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Monday, August 2, 2010

Holmes Basic Box Cover

I scanned the box cover, including the sides, at 600 dpi. I cleaned it up, removed the text, and pieced together parts that were absent. Since the whereabouts of Sutherland's painting is unknown, this might be the closest we'll ever get to seeing what it originally looked like.

I will be using this image for the cover of my own set of D&D house rules that I will compile into one PDF document suitable for the iPad (or similar device). More on that project later.

Will, the arch is much more obvious once the graphic elements had been removed and the detail from the side of the box was added. One big problem was that I had to cover up the large yellow strip in the left-hand corner. I did it the quick way by copying and pasting the right-hand side of the arch and blending it in. In the future, I might rework it properly. But I wanted to get something done to use as a cover for my house rules PDF.

The original picture file is much, much larger. I'd love to sell it as a poster. If I could only get proper legal permission...

It has been an interesting process. It's been a good opportunity to examine Sutherland's painting style up close.

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